Two weeks after the Presidential Election, results are still up in the air across the state for many different positions.
Advocates are warning that a second Trump presidency could pose threats to Maine's immigrant population based on his promises of mass deportations and increased restrictions. In Maine, which has been a destination for thousands of asylum seekers from central African countries in recent years,
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden won the ranked choice vote with 50.35% for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which election officials determined Friday through a tabulation process that took four days.
Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat, defeated Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in one of a handful of districts held by Democrats that Donald J. Trump won in 2020.
Eleven races for the Maine Legislature are being recounted, starting Friday and continuing through Nov. 25. Maine law does not require recounts, but candidates can request one. Candidates do not have to pay a deposit if the races are very close — 1% or less of the apparent margin of victory.
Maine’s ranked choice tabulation is taking place in public, narrated play-by-play by the state’s elections chief
A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will continue on Thursday, with the possibility of having final results by the end of the workday or sometime on Friday,
It is well past Election Day and there is still no winner in the race for Maine's Second Congressional District.
After several days of ranked choice vote tabulation following a razor-thin race between incumbent Democratic candidate Jared Golden and Republican candidate Austin Theriault, a winner was declared Friday night for Maine's 2nd Congressional District.
The ranked choice results in Maine’s Second Congressional District are expected to be finalized Friday evening.
Maine’s culturally disparate regions are mired in a loveless marriage. It is the political equivalent of the 1989 film “War of the Roses,” wherein two bitter spouses continue sharing their marital residence while undergoing brutal divorce proceedings. Spoiler alert: The movie does not have a happy ending.